chdist - script to easily play with several distributions

createDIST [URLRELEASESECTIONS]
           Prepare a new tree named DISTaptDIST <update|source|show|showsrc|...>
           Run apt inside DISTapt-getDIST <update|source|...>
           Run apt-get inside DISTapt-cacheDIST <show|showsrc|...>
           Run apt-cache inside DISTapt-fileDIST <update|search|...>
           Run apt-file inside DISTapt-rdependsDIST [...]
           Run apt-rdepends inside DISTbuild-rdepsDIST [...]
           Run  build-rdeps  inside DIST.  When the DIST origin and suite/codename differ from the system origin
           and suite/codename then they need to be set using build-rdeps options.

       aptitudeDIST [...]
           Run aptitude inside DISTsrc2binDISTSRCPKG
           List binary packages for SRCPKG in DISTbin2srcDISTBINPKG
           List source package for BINPKG in DISTcompare-packagesDIST1DIST2 [DIST3, ...]
       compare-bin-packagesDIST1DIST2 [DIST3, ...]
           List versions of packages in several DISTributions

       compare-versionsDIST1DIST2compare-bin-versionsDIST1DIST2
           Same as compare-packages/compare-bin-packages, but also  runs  dpkg--compare-versions  and  display
           where the package is newer.

       compare-src-bin-packagesDIST
           Compare sources and binaries for DISTcompare-src-bin-versionsDIST
           Same  as compare-src-bin-packages, but also run dpkg--compare-versions and display where the package
           is newer

       grep-dctrl-packagesDIST [...]
           Run grep-dctrl on *_Packages inside DISTgrep-dctrl-sourcesDIST [...]
           Run grep-dctrl on *_Sources inside DISTlist
           List available DISTs

       This program is copyright 2007 by Lucas Nussbaum and Luk Claes. This program  comes  with  ABSOLUTELY  NO
       WARRANTY.

       It is licensed under the terms of the GPL, either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
       version.

Debian Utilities                                   2025-02-25                                          CHDIST(1)

chdist is a rewrite of what used to be known as 'MultiDistroTools' (or mdt). Its use is to create 'APT
       trees' for several distributions, making it easy to query the status of packages in other distribution
       without using chroots, for instance.

       chdist - script to easily play with several distributions

-h, --help
           Provide a usage message.

       -d, --data-dirDIR
           Choose data directory (default: ~/.chdist/).

       -a, --archARCH
           Choose architecture (default: `dpkg--print-architecture`).

       --version
           Display version information.

chdist [options] [command] [commandparameters]

       chdist [options] DISTcommand [commandparameters]

       The second syntax is accepted when the DIST does not match one of the known commands from the list below
       (see "COMMANDS").  Then the command may be any program available on the system and anything based on apt
       will be using the DIST apt data.